Sylvia Rose
Artisan Perfumery: Four Degrees of Fragrance
Perfumes are grouped according to their strengths. Every fragrance has a purpose, from a fresh splash of rose or mint to mysterious...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 303 min read
DIY Perfume Artisans: Top, Middle & Base Notes
DIY perfumes are all about crafting a unique signature scent or giving fragrance as a gift, the benefits of aromatherapy and expression...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 304 min read
Practical Alchemy of DIY Perfumes & Aromas
The alchemy of perfumes goes back thousands of years. Here are the practical aspects of perfumes in ancient and medieval times, how...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 303 min read
Alchemy of Perfumes: Scents, Cologne, Rose Water
Perfumes are prized in ancient civilizations such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China. The word “perfume” comes from Latin per fumum ,...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 306 min read
Science of Alchemy: Alchemical Innovations
Alchemy these days is often seen only as a mystical practice purveying the clic hé of turning base metals into gold. Alchemy is in fact...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 295 min read
Renaissance Purgatives & Ancient Remedies
The Renaissance brings a unique approach to medicine. Based on the Four Humors theory of health the Galenic way, purging the body of...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 296 min read
Amoebae: Microbial Predators on the Move
Amoebas live in nearly all environments of Earth. Unique adaptations and survival strategies of these canny microorganisms make them...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 285 min read
Malevolent Microfungi: Hazards of Health & Home
Microfungi are invisible organisms until they flourish and form colonies. Among these are malevolent microbes dangerous to health, crops,...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 286 min read
Microfungi: Mysterious Web of Life & Death
Microfungi, including molds, mildews, and rusts create a vast hidden universe. These unseen eukaryotic organisms are essential to...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 275 min read
Advances in Chemistry 1600-1800: German
Chemistry from 1600 to 1800 yields transformative discoveries influential today. In the German lands this era is characterized by...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 278 min read
Scientific Revolution Europe 1543-1687
The Scientific Revolution, from 1543 to 1687, transforms human understanding of the natural world. This period involves events and...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 255 min read
Sodium Carbonate: Natural Formation to Modern Application
Sodium carbonate, also known as soda ash or washing soda, is prominent across various industries for millennia. It's used in ancient and...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 256 min read
Biofilm Communities: Metropolitan Microbes
A biofilm is a living community of microorganisms including bacteria, fungi and algae. Comprising over 80% of all microbial life on...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 244 min read
Oxidation: Metabolism & Essential Molecular Action
Oxidation is a primary part of chemistry and biology and essential to life. This chemical reaction is vital for energy production. From...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 225 min read
Human Methane: Meet the Microbes of Flatulence
Methane microbes or prokaryotes are among trillions of microorganisms who call humans home. Methane prokaryotes produce colorless,...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 214 min read
Lactic Acid Bacteria: Nature to Modern Uses
Lactic acid bacteria are important to fermentation of human foods like yogurt, pickles and cheese. Their transformative powers might seem...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 204 min read
Microbial Alchemy: Fermentation, Digestion, Putrefaction
Alchemy uses natural processes, often driven by microbial forces. Unseen biological entities include bacteria, amoeba and flagellates....
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 205 min read
The Unseen World: Protozoans in Nature
Protozoa are single-celled organisms integral to ecosystems worldwide. As microbes they're microscopic and invisible to the human eye....
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 194 min read
Microbes: Bacteria, Actinomycetes, Protozoa, Fungi & Viruses
Microbes are invisible and exist everywhere, in air, water and soil. Scientists find microbes living in the charred soil wildfires leave...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 195 min read
Alchemy & Heat: Decomposition of Horse Manure
Decomposing horse manure is essential in the alchemical process of digestion. A flask of substances is buried in dung. As if by magic the...
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